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Lily Allen
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Lily Allen at Sound Academy in Toronto, Canada on April 22, 2009.
From 12 February 2008 Allen hosted her own BBC Three talk show Lily Allen and Friends.[2] Her single "Smile" reached number one on the UK Singles Chart in July 2006. In December 2006, her debut album Alright, Still was voted the third best album of the year by Mixmag.[3] In 2007, it was nominated for the award of Best British Album at the BRIT Awards and for Best New Artist at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards. The album was nominated for a 2008 Grammy Award in the category of "Best Alternative Music Album."[4] Alright, Still has sold over 2,600,000 copies worldwide. A second album, entitled, It’s Not Me, It’s You, was released in the UK on 9 February 2009 and the United States on 10 February 2009.[5] The album debuted at number 1 in Australia and the UK,[6] while the first single from the album "The Fear" was number 1 in its first four weeks on the charts.[7] In the United States the album debuted at the number 5 position.[8]
Background information Birth name Born Lily Rose Beatrice Allen 2 May 1985 (1985-05-02) Hammersmith, London, England Pop, pop rock, ska, electropop Talk show host, Singer–songwriter Vocals, glockenspiel, guitar[1] 2005–present Regal Records Capitol Records LilyAllenMusic.com
Childhood and discovery
Genre(s) Occupation(s) Instrument(s) Years active Label(s) Website
Lily Allen at Solidays 2007 Allen was born in Hammersmith, west London, daughter of Welsh-born comedian and actor Keith Allen and English, Portsmouthborn, film producer Alison Owen.[9] Her family settled in the North London borough of Islington. She has an older sister, Sarah; a younger brother, Alfie Owen-Allen (who was the subject of her song "Alfie"); and a
Lily Rose Beatrice Allen (born 2 May 1985) is an English pop music singer and songwriter. Known for her songs "Smile", "LDN", "Littlest Things", "Alfie", her cover of "Oh My God", "The Fear" and her Mockney style, Allen is the daughter of actor and musician Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen.
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younger sister Rebecca. She has a number of half-siblings. Lily Allen lived for a while with comedian Harry Enfield while her mother dated him. She is the god-daughter of Wild Colonials vocalist Angela McCluskey.[10] The late Clash singer and guitarist Joe Strummer is also referred to as a godparent; while not literally true, Strummer was close to Allen. Allen has fond memories the week and a half they would spend together at Glastonbury as part of a regular collective centred on Strummer and her father. Strummer’s musical past would not come into focus for Allen until after his death.[11] In 1988, at the age of 3, Allen appeared on The Comic Strip Presents... episode "The Yob," which her father had co-written.[12] When Allen was four years old, her father left the family.[13] Allen claims to have grown up with her mother in a working class environment, living in a council house environment for most of her childhood.[14][15] This seems at odds with the fact that she attended some of the UK’s costliest public schools; Allen attended 13 schools in all, including Prince Charles’s junior alma mater, Hill House School, Millfield and Bedales School,[13] and was expelled from several of them for drinking, and smoking.[15][16] Allen told Loveline that, when she was 11, she was singing an Oasis tune in the school playground when a teacher overheard and suggested she use the talent. She took singing lessons with the teacher, Rachel Santesso. She sang at a school play and claimed that the audience was brought to tears at the sight of a troubled young girl doing something good. At that point Allen said she knew that music was something she needed to do either as a lifelong vocation or to get it out of her system. Allen played piano to grade 5 standard and achieved grade 8 in singing. She also played violin, guitar and trumpet as well as being a member of a chamber choir. Her first solo was "In the Bleak Midwinter."[11] According to The Sunday Times "the only school that seemed to have a positive impact on her was" Cavendish, an all-girl Catholic school located in Camden Town. At Cavendish, Allen "played a boy in a production of The Railway Children and sang ’Baby Mine’ from Dumbo." Allen made an appearance as a lady-inwaiting in the 1998 film Elizabeth, co-produced by her mother.[17] She dropped out of school at age fifteen, not wanting to "spend a
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third of her life preparing to work for the next third of her life, to set herself up with a pension for the next third of her life."[18] After her family went to Ibiza on holiday, Allen told her mother that she was staying with friends but remained in Sant Antoni de Portmany instead. She earned money by working at a Plastic Fantastic record store and allegedly dealing ecstasy.[18] At the age of 17, Allen became a member of the Groucho Club and in her free time she listened to artists such as The Specials, T.Rex and Happy Mondays.[19][20]
Music career
Record label and MySpace interest
Allen met her first manager, George Lamb, in Ibiza when he saved her from several assailants and sent her home.[18][21] Allen was rejected by several labels, which she attributed to her drinking and being the daughter of Keith Allen.[21] Lily eventually used her father’s connections to get signed to London Records a part of the Warner Music in 2002.[22] When the executive who had signed her left, the label lost interest and she left without releasing the folk songs many of which were written by her father.[11][22][23] Allen studied horticulture to become a florist, but changed her mind and returned to music. She began writing songs, and her manager introduced her to production duo Future Cut in 2004. They worked in a small studio in the basement of an office building.[23] In 2005, Allen was signed to Regal Records; they gave her £25,000 to produce an album, though they were unable to provide much support for it due to their preoccupation with other releases such as Coldplay’s X&Y and Gorillaz’s Demon Days.[24] Allen created an account on MySpace and began posting demos in November 2005.[24] The demos attracted thousands of listeners, and 500 limited edition 7" vinyl singles of "LDN" were rush-released, reselling for as much as £40.[18][24] Allen also produced two mixtapes — My First Mixtape and My Second Mixtape — to promote her work: they included tracks by Creedence Clearwater Revival, Dizzee Rascal, and Ludacris. As she accumulated tens of thousands of MySpace friends, The Observer Music Monthly (OMM),
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a magazine published in The Observer, took interest.[18] Few people outside of her label’s A&R department knew who she was, so the label was slow in responding to publications wanting to report about her.[24] In March 2006, OMM included an article about Allen’s success through MySpace. She received her first major mainstream coverage, appearing in the magazine’s cover story two months later. The success of her songs convinced her label to allow her more creative control over the album and to use some of the songs that she had written instead of forcing her to work with mainstream producers. Allen decided to work with producers Greg Kurstin and Mark Ronson, finishing the rest of the album in two weeks.[24] The social networking site was the primary hub for messages of support and condolence following her January 2008 miscarriage.[25][26] Allen received a 2008 NME Award nomination for the category of "Best Band Blog."[27] Allen’s songs have been downloaded from her MySpace page 19 million times.[28] As of 9 February 2009, Allen had 448,000 MySpace friends. She was the fifth most popular musical act of the 2008 according to the social networking site.[29] Allen used her MySpace blog for controversies surrounding her. By February 2009 she had stopped the practice because "It’s boring when people just pick stuff up and write about it. People get hurt, people get upset."[30]
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2006, her music video for Smile had been played on various music channels as well as the song getting a little airplay. Entertainment Weekly named Alright, Still as one of the top 10 albums of 2006 despite the fact that it had not yet been released in the U.S. Allen also did several promotional ads for MTV as their Discover and Download artist of the month for January 2007. On the week ending on 28 January 2007, British artists made chart history taking all top 10 places in the Official UK Albums chart for the first time since the chart was established in 1956, according to British record labels trade association the BPI, the album Alright, Still was number nine that week.[33] The album was released in the United States on 30 January 2007, landing at 20 on the Billboard Album Charts.[34] Allen won a 2008 BMI songwriting award for "Smile".[35] "Smile" was the first single. The U.S. version contains three additional tracks: "Nan, You’re A Window Shopper", "Blank Expression" (on the iTunes version) and a new remix of "Smile" by Mark Ronson. On 5 March 2007, "Alfie" was released. It reached 15 in the UK Singles-Chart. She sang on the Mark Ronson-produced Kaiser Chiefs’ song "Oh My God".[36] By January 2009 the album had sold 960,000 copies in the United Kingdom and 520,000 copies in the United States.[37] Allen said she cringes now when listening to tracks from Alright, Still, as it reminds her that she was a "sort of over-excitable teenager who desperately wanted attention" when she wrote it.[11]
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Allen’s debut album, Alright, Still, was released as a limited-edition 12" vinyl in the UK on 3 July 2006; the full CD release followed in the UK and the rest of Europe on 17 July 2006. The album features between 11 and 14 tracks (depending on the edition), most of which were previewed on her MySpace page,[31] including the single "Smile" (the first song she wrote with Future Cut), "LDN", "Knock ’Em Out", and "Alfie". "Friday Night", co-written with Jonny Bull, was also included, alongside "Littlest Things" produced by Mark Ronson, help earn Ronson a "Producer of the Year - Non Classical" 2008 Grammy Award.[32] In September 2006, "Smile" was made available on the United States version of Apple Inc.’s iTunes Store. By December
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In April 2008, Allen said she was heading in a "new direction." She posted two new song demos on her MySpace page and planned to release a mixtape to give her fans an idea of what the new direction was.[28][38][39][40][41][42] Allen said the new direction was undertaken because: "I did a retro thing last time, and since I did that, a lot of other people did it too. I wanted to separate myself from the group and move forward."[37] For this reason, Allen choose not to work with Mark Ronson on It’s Not Me, It’s You.[43] Allen posted on MySpace a partial clip of a song, originally called both "Guess Who Batman" and "Get With the Brogram," but was
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eventually entitled "Fuck You" The song was originally written about The British National Party but ended up being about George W. Bush[44]. As of late May 2009 the song has peaked at the number 68 position on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts, the highest ranking of any song from the album.[45] Allen had also posted early versions of "The Fear" (then titled "I Don’t Know"), "I Could Say", and "Who’d Have Known". By 19 August, there were between 250,000 and one million plays for each song from the album that she has made available to listen to on her MySpace page.[46]. After the release of her first album, her record company, EMI, was taken over by Terra Firma.[47] Her management company, Empire Artist Management, was replaced by Twenty-First Artists although her core team remained in place. It’s Not Me, It’s You was first scheduled for an early 2008 release but her miscarriage and creative issues delayed the release date to the autumn. During autumn 2008, EMI was undergoing restructuring. According to Allen, this led to a situation were "everyone is terrified of losing their jobs. So no one wants to make decisions or give you their opinion in case it comes back on them. As an artist, that really is terrifying." Due to this negative environment, a decision with Allen’s full approval was made to move the albums eventual release date in February 2009 by Regal/Parlophone."[37][48] The album was released on 9 February 2009 in the United Kingdom and the following day in the United States. The album debuted at the number 1 position in the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. It debuted at the number 2 position in Europe and the number 5 position in the United States.[6][8][49][50][51][52] As of the 26 February the album was at the number 5 position on the Pan-European Charts.[48] The first single from the album, "The Fear" was released digitally on 9 December 2008 and released on CD on 26 January 2009. It entered the chart at number 136 on limited edition and was number 1 for the first four weeks after its official release.[7][53] As of 26 February the single was at the number 3 position on the Eurochart.[54] This single also topped the first ever Mobile Downloads Chart which is based on sales of full-track downloads to mobile phones in the United Kingdom.[55] The video[56] for the single was released 4 December.[57] Three weeks before
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its release the single was in top 20 on Nielsen Music Control’s U.K. Radio Airplay. In the United States on 12 January, the single was "worked" to Triple A Radio formats then Top 40.[37] The song is based on Allen’s fear that the world will become a sterile place where everything is sponsored.[44][58] The single is described as an electropop track that discusses celebrity culture.[59] The second single released from the album, "Not Fair" was released for download in March; its physical release is scheduled for May 2009. It debuted at the number 16 position on the UK singles chart [60] By 27 April the single had moved up to the number 9 position.[61] On 18 May the song resided at the number 7 position on the Australian charts.. [62]Not Fair has been described as a humorous song about a lazy lover. Allen has played the song to the person in question, and he did not realize the song was about him.[44] The video for the song revolves around the classic American country music television show The Porter Wagoner Show.[63] At the urging of her record company, Allen tried unsuccessfully to create the album with several writers and producers. Allen eventually returned to Greg Kurstin who had written three songs for Alright, Still.[11] The album was produced by Kurstin at Eagle Rock Studios in Los Angeles.[49] Before returning to Kus, Allen co-wrote the songs for the album with Kurstin who played piano on it. This is a change from her earlier work in which she wrote lyrics for finished tracks.[64] Allen released a statement saying "We decided to try and make bigger sounding, more ethereal songs, real songs... I wanted to work with one person from start to finish to make it one body of work. I wanted it to feel like it had some sort of integrity. I think I’ve grown up a bit as a person and I hope it reflects that."[49] Other songs on the album include "He Wasn’t There," a letter to her father one of three songs about immediate family members. "Him" is about God and includes her favourite line on the record: "I don’t imagine he’s ever been suicidal/ His favourite band is Creedence Clearwater Revival," "22" was written about a specific person but ended up as a more general song about females who rely on their looks and find at the age of 30, according to Allen, that "it hits them that they’re not doing anything with their lives and it’s too late." "Who’d Have Known" is a
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pastiche of the Take That song "Shine." Take That allowed Allen to use the song on the album but turned down an offer to sing and do a video with Allen.[44][64][65] "Chinese" references take-away food and although believed to be about a boy, it is actually about time spent with her mother.[66] On 23 October, Allen released "Everyone’s At It," the first track from the album for download on her MySpace page. The song appears to be a commentary on the drug culture and is expected to cause controversy. It includes the lyrics "I’m not trying to say that I’m smelling of roses but when will we tire of putting shit up our noses... It’s meant to be fun and this just doesn’t feel right... So you’ve got a prescription, and that makes it legal. I find those excuses overwhelmingly feeble… The kids are in danger, they’re all getting hurt. From what I can see, everyone’s at it."[67][68][65] The release of the album is a factor in EMI more then trebling its earnings.[69] An online game, Escape the Fear, was created by Matmi as part of the viral marketing campaign targeted at people unaware of Allen or the album. Players playing the role of Allen must negotiate a series of obstacles standing in the way of Allen’s dreams.[70] Since its release, the game has topped the worldwide viral charts three times, including the week of Christmas—a highly contested time of the year. By 18 February 2009, the game had been played over two million times.[71] On Allen’s website, there are remixes of songs from the album by fans who have been allowed access to individual parts of the songs.[72]
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On 30 June 2008, Allen and Klaxons singer Jamie Reynolds announced they were working on a new song and had completed a cover of Joe Jackson’s "Steppin Out."[75] Allen and New Young Pony Club provided backing vocals to the song "Never Miss a Beat" that appears on the Kaiser Chiefs’ album Off With Their Heads. The song was released as a single on 6 October 2008. Allen’s voice on the song was described as unrecognisable due to Mark Ronson’s production.[76][77][78] The album was released on the 13 October. Allen was expected to provide vocals for the track "Always Happens like That."[79][80] Allen wrote a song for the 2008 Shockwaves Awards entitled "From Barry to Billericay" about comedian James Corden.[81] She contributed the song "She’s So Lovely and Naive" for the soundtrack of the 2008 British comedy film Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging.[82] Allen presented members of Squeeze with their Ivor Novello Lifetime Achievement Award. Glenn Tilbrook later remarked that he really like Allen’s cover of "Up the Junction."[83] On 12 December 2008, Mark Ronson premièred Allen’s cover version of Britney Spears’ song "Womanizer" on his radio show. Allen in her MySpace blog said Ronson was supposed to "talk all over it so it wouldn’t get ripped." Instead Ronson played the song in its entirety and the cover within days had been heard worldwide causing Allen to get into "serious trouble" with her label.[84][85] Allen has played the song at gigs.[86] Lily has also revealed that she may collaborate on a song with actress/singer Lindsay Lohan who was dating the sister of Mark Ronson.
Collaborations and other music
Allen provided backing vocals on the Basement Jaxx song "Lights Go Down" (from Crazy Itch Radio) and appears on tracks on Robbie Williams’s latest album, Rudebox on the Manu Chao-cover "Bongo Bong and Je Ne T’Aime Plus" (produced by Mark Ronson) and also on "Keep On." She also provides vocals on "Rawhide" by Jamie T. She performed a duet with rapper Dizzee Rascal on the song "Wanna Be" that appeared on Rascal’s Maths + English album.[73] Rapper Common has also collaborated with Allen on the track "Drivin’ Me Wild" from his seventh album Finding Forever.[74]
Touring
In 2007, she played the newly launched Park Stage at the Glastonbury Festival, replacing M.I.A. who had cancelled. Saying "it’s big shoes to fill, and we’re doing it acoustically so it might sound a bit funny" she ended her set singing a cover of Blondie’s "Heart of Glass."[87] Allen describes this performance as the highlight of the 2006–2008 period[44] In concert, Allen performed a parody of 50 Cent’s "Window Shopper," called "Nan, You’re a Window Shopper," which was commercially released as a B-side to "LDN," because approval was not given in time for the
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Alright, Still release. Nonetheless, the song appears on the U.S. version of the album. During the festival she reunited two members of The Specials and act that guitarist Lynval Golding claimed played a "massive part" in the groups 2009 reunion.[88] Allen performed to positive reviews[89][90] when Irving Plaza was rechristened as The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza on 11 April 2007.[91] Allen canceled a scheduled appearance at the 2008 Isle of Wight Festival telling festival promoter John Giddings the reason for the cancellation was that her album was behind schedule. Giddings said that the reason given was not acceptable and possibly a lie. Giddings decided not to sue her.[92] On 29 June 2008, Allen performed at the Glastonbury Festival alongside producer Mark Ronson. An emotional Allen dedicated her performance of "Littlest Things" to her grandmother who died the night before.[93] On 3 July, in a surprise appearance with Ronson at the Wireless Festival, Allen appeared to perform "Littlest Things" and "Oh My God." She forgot some song lyrics.[94] Allen’s first concert to promote It’s Not Me, It’s You was held 28 January 2009 at Koko in London. It was her first London gig in 18 months.[58][95] A few days later she played at a gay nightclub where she dressed up as Britney Spears for the song "Womanizer." She also dressed up as The Pink Panther and wore a revealing Little Bo Peep romper suit.[96] On 10 February Allen played the first of three scheduled "secret" shows at New York’s Bowery Ballroom sponsored by MySpace. The New York gig was also sponsored by TurboTax. Additional concerts were scheduled for Tokyo, and London.[86][97] A 9 date tour of Great Britain and Ireland was started As of March 2009.[98] She opened the tour with a performance at the O2 Academy Glasgow where she connected with the audience. The loudest cheers were for her song "The Fear."[99] In Manchester she was supported by La Roux.[100] As of March 2009 Allen is scheduled to play 14 United States cities and Toronto. She will be backed by Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head.[101] As of March 2009 she has been confirmed for the Oxegen Festival,[102] T-Mobile INmusic festival,[103] Festival Internacional de Benicàssim[104] Bestival Festival[105] and Big Weekend Festival.[106]. In addition she
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has been confirmed for an 11 July appearance at the Summer Series at London’s Somerset House.[107] As of March 2009, in addition she has confirmed in her MySpace page appearances at: • Rock Werchter • Arras Main Square Festival • Roskilde Festival • Sudoeste Festival • Øyafestivalen • Way Out West Festival • both the Chelmsford and Stafford legs of the V Festival. Allen is scheduled for return engagements at the T In The Park festival[108] and the Glastonbury Festival.[109] Allen has scheduled an 8 date United Kingdom tour for November 2009.[110]
Television and film
Allen signed a one series contract to present her own BBC Three TV show entitled Lily Allen and Friends based on the social networking phenomenon that helped to launch her music career. The singer asked her MySpace friends to suggest the name for the show.[111][112][113] The guests on the first show that aired in February 2008 were Cuba Gooding Junior and David Mitchell, and later guests included Mark Ronson, Joanna Page, James Corden, Lauren Laverne, Roisin Murphy, Louis Walsh, and Danny Dyer.[114][115] The show received a 2% share of the total multi-channel audience share despite a high-profile nationwide marketing campaign.[116] Her third show received a 2.7% share.[117] Allen was quoted in a British tabloid as rating the show "probably five out of 10” and said "I made a lot of money out of it."[118] On 1 April 2008, citing Allen’s rapid development as a TV host and her popularity among its target audience BBC Three announced it was renewing Lily Allen and Friends for a second season.[119] On 1 January 2009, she presented a 60-minute programme for 4Music called Lily Allen’s 10 Best of British.[120] On 12 January 2009, BBC Three chairman Danny Cohen said that the show will not air in the Spring of 2009 as originally scheduled because of music commitments. Cohen noted "She is on the record as doing a second series and we are looking forward to having her back but we don’t know at the moment."[121]
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The BBC was criticized by several teacher unions for a video shown on Lily Allen and Friends that apparently showed a student running up from behind and pulling down his teachers trousers. The unions said broadcasting this clip was irresponsible and greatly added to the teacher’s embarrassment. While introducing the clip Allen called it "kegging" and said "It’s very childish, but very funny."[122]
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newspaper report Allen will launch a line of jewelry later in 2009.[138]
Public persona
Due to her outspokenness, Allen has been the subject of many controversies. Disparaging remarks about musicians Luke Pritchard of The Kooks, Bob Geldof,[139] Amy Winehouse,[140] Kylie Minogue,[141] and Katy Perry[142] have all garnered minor press attention. She later said that making fun of other pop stars was a result of a lack of confidence, saying "I felt like ’Oh God, I’m short, fat, ugly and I hate all these people who flaunt their beauty.’"[143] Photos of her drunk and topless in the Cannes Film Festival were also widely covered in the press.[144][145] Her appearance at the 2008 Glamour Awards of the Year also generated criticism, as she showed up intoxicated with a dress depicting decapitated Bambi figures, and had an onstage, expletive-laced exchange with Elton John.[146][147][148] Allen has shown her third nipple on television.[149] Allen feels like she has become a drunk character in a comic. "I wish my comic character wasn’t that, but there’s nothing can I do."[44] On January 19, in an interview with MTV UK, she commented on a feud with Katy Perry, saying that nothing’s actually going on.[150] In an interview with Q magazine saying "They’re just tits” Allen revealed she has been flashing people for years partially because of her aversion to bras.[151]
Performances
Allen performed for the 2008 New Year’s Eve episode of Jools Holland’s Hootenanny.[123] In February 2009, she performed "The Fear" on GMTV.[124] In the United States she appeared on The Today Show on 10 February 2009,[125] and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 16 February 2009,[126] The Ellen DeGeneres Show on 18 February 2009;[127] On 3 April she performed on the Jimmy Kimmel Live show. [128]. On 21 April she was interviewed and performed on The View.[129] She also performed on 24 April on Late Night with David Letterman[130]
Fashion activities
In May 2007, Allen launched a line of dresses, shoes, and accessories entitled Lily Loves.[131] Allen is reported to enjoy a "special relationship" with Chanel that is said to include borrowing clothes and jewelery and being flown in to sit in the front row of their shows.[132]. On 1 May 2009 it was reported in a fashion magazine that Karl Lagerfeld. designer for the firm had announced that Allen will be the face of a advertising campaign for a new handbag. [133] Allen won the 2008 Glamour Woman of the Year Awards "Editors Special Award."[134] Allen was nominated for a Highstreet Fashion Award in the category of "Best Dressed Celebrity."[135] In a readers poll for the weekly British style magazine Look, Allen was named the ninth best style role model.
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Social activism
Lily Allen has taken an interest in environmental and social concerns. Although the singer is a staunch supporter of the Labour Party[152], Allen has been credited with helping inspire a parliamentary rebellion against Prime Minister Gordon Brown when she wrote to all members of Parliament asking them to back an amendment to an energy bill.[153] She records at Studio A which is currently the only solar powered studio in Europe.[154] Allen has been nominated with nine others for the title of Greenest Star in Playhouse for Disney Playhouse’s inaugural Playing for the Planet Awards.[155] Allen performed at a benefit concert for War Child, an international child protection
Allen has been described by the UK edition of Elle Magazine as a person who is not overly trendy in her fashion choices.[137] According to a newspaper report Allen told Capital Radio she has done modeling for a unnamed company. According to the same
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agency that works with children affected by war. Backed by Keane, Allen sang "Smile" and "Everybody’s Changing."[156] The singer and The Clash guitarist Mick Jones performed The Clash’s song "Straight to Hell" on a album for the charity Heroes scheduled for release 24 February 2009.[157] Allen is scheduled to travel abroad in February 2009 to investigate how the money she earned for the charity is being used.[158] Allen spoke in favour of equality for gays in an interview with the Gay Times. Allen became the first female on the cover of that publication in 12 years.[159][160] Allen received support from the animal rights organization PETA after a faux fur coat she was spotted wearing was mistaken for a coat made of real fur.[161]
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problem at all."[169] British Shadow Home Secretary, Dominic Grieve, called Allen’s comments naive saying "There is no doubt that drugs fuel crime and wreck lives." David Haynes head of the British National Drug Prevention Alliance said Allen’s remarks cause harm to young people by affecting an already major drug culture.[170] Her spokesperson responding to the criticism said that Allen does not condone drug use and never said in the interview that she condones drug use or thinks it is a good thing. The spokesperson said Allen sympathises with those affected by drugs and notes when Allen spots signs of people on drugs it terrifies her.[171] In 2009 Allen is the subject of cover stories for both Spin Magazine [172] and Q Magazine.[173] MTV said in February 2009 "She seems less like the model of a 21st century pop star and more like the kind of girlfriend you’d have when you’re 22 — the awesome kind you’d go backpacking around Europe with, wear a sarong with. She is perfectly imperfect. Which is why she’s probably also the most interesting pop star ever created."[174] Allen’s album It’s Not Me, It’s You has been praised for trying to define the times. Allen said that she does not write songs with a big picture in mind.[52]
Reception
Allen was included on the NME Cool List for 2006. She was voted the third coolest person of the year in NME Magazine.[162] She ranked "Number One Reason to Love ’07"[163] and "Hottest Woman of Pop/ R&B."[164] in Blender magazine. Allen was also rated number 10 on BBC Three’s list of Most Annoying People of 2006. Allen was voted fourth coolest celebrity in a poll taken of 20,000 teenagers by the social networking website Bebo that was released in December 2008.[165] Rapper Example has recorded a new version of "Smile" called "Vile," which is an answer song written from the perspective of the ex-boyfriend (although he was never actually Allen’s boyfriend[166]). Both songs were then parodied by Chris Moyles on his Radio 1 breakfast show in a song called "Piles." "LDN" has spawned an answer song by rapper Sway DaSafo and a remix by UK grime artist JME. Evening Standard columnist Nick Cutis wrote that "Lily Allen and Madonna have arguably done more for female equality with their ’unladylike’ swearing in public than with their singing careers."[167] Punk icon Siouxsie Sioux said Allen and Amy Winehouse are the two current musicians she regards as strong female role models.[168] Allen, in an interview with The Word, said that the press reports only the negative aspects of drug use saying "I know lots of people that take cocaine three nights a week and get up and go to work every day, no
Discography
• 2006: Alright, Still • 2009: It’s Not Me, It’s You
Awards and nominations References
[1] "Guest List: Lily Allen". Pitchfork Media. 25 April 2007. Retrieved 27 June 2007. [2] "Lily Allen and Friends". BBC. 2008-01-21. http://www.bbc.co.uk/ lilyallen/. Retrieved on 2009-04-03. [3] Mixmag, December 2006 [4] The Envelope Please Los Angeles Times 6 December 2007 [5] It’s Not Me, It’s You - Out Now! [6] ^ Lily Allen Asserts Control Over U.K. Charts Billboard 16 February, 2009 [7] ^ Kings of Leon, Lily Allen Top U.K. Charts Billboard 23 February, 2009
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Year Award 2006 Q Awards Digital Music Awards 2007 BRIT Awards Category Best New Act Best Pop Artist British Female Solo Artist British Breakthrough Act MTV Video Music Awards NME Awards 2008 Grammy Awards Highstreet Fashion Awards Glamour Women of the Year Awards BMI Awards Best New Artist Worst Dressed Best Alternative Music Album (Alright, Still) Best Dressed Celebrity Editors Special Award ("Smile")
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Mastercard British Album (Alright, Still) Nominated
[8] ^ Grammies And Valentine’s Day Warm [21] ^ Swift, Jacqui. "Lily: I’m a gobby bitch". Up The Chart Billboard 18 February, The Sun. Retrieved 23 June 2007. 2009 [22] ^ Salmon, Chris. "Me, my dad and [9] Barratt, Nick."Family detective". The Dumbo". The Guardian. 22 September Daily Telegraph. 19 May 2007. Retrieved 2006. Retrieved 23 June 2007. 23 June 2007. [23] ^ Sisson, Patrick. "Lily Allen: Mighty [10] Rolling Stone Biography Aphrodite". URB, issue 143. 29 March [11] ^ The Telegraph 16 January, 2009 2007. Retrieved 23 June 2007. [12] "’The Comic Strip Presents...’ The Yob [24] ^ Plagenhoef, Scott. "Interview: Lily (1988)". Internet Movie Database. Allen". Pitchfork Media. 6 November Retrieved 25 June 2007. 2006. Retrieved 24 June 2007. [13] ^ Walker, Andrew. "Faces of the week". [25] Lily Allen fans offer condolences after BBC News. 21 July 2006. Retrieved 23 miscarriage NME 18 January 2008 June 2007. [26] Web fans’ love for brave Lil Nadine [14] "Flowered up". The Guardian. 23 June Linge Daily Star 19 January, 2008 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2007. [27] Record seven NME nominations for [15] ^ Ryzik, Melena (2009-02-04). "This Wild Arctic Monkeys The Times 29 January, Girl’s a Homebody Now". The New York 2008 Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/ [28] ^ Click to download The Guardian 08/arts/music/ Unlimited 25 April 2008 08ryzi.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink. [29] Gorillaz most popular band on MySpace Retrieved on 2009-02-06. The Guardian 24 December, 2008 [16] "Lily Allen Admits to getting Expelled for [30] Lily Allen on paparazzi, controversy and giving blow jobs. We Love Her!". Rolling Katy Perry Melbourne Herald Sun 5 Stone. 24 May 2007. Retrieved 25 June February, 2009 2007. [31] Lilymusic - Lily Allen MySpace page [17] "Elizabeth (1998) - Full cast and crew". [32] Grammy Scorecard The Envelope Los Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 25 Angeles Times June 2007. [33] BPI Official Website, UK talent [18] ^ Sawyer, Miranda. "Pictures of lily". celebrates first all-British Top 10 in UK The Observer. 21 May 2006. Retrieved chart history from Guardian Unlimited 23 June 2007. [34] Norah Jones Breaks McPheever, Beats [19] Phares, Heather. "Lily Allen > ’Idol’ Runner-Up To #1 - Madonna, Lily Biography". Allmusic. 2007. Retrieved 27 Allen also generate impressive first-week June 2007. sales. [20] Lily Allen on Loveline
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[35] Lily Allen Granted U.S. Visa Lily Allen Granted U.S. Visa People Magazine 8 October, 2008 [36] Mark Is Kaiser’s Chief Daily Record 1 May, 2008 [37] ^ English Beat: Lily Allen Billboard 17 January 2009 edition [38] Lily Allen MySpace Page blog Yagga Yo 17 April 2008 [39] Lily Allen Expresses Profound Disappointment in Self New York Magazine [40] Allen gets dark in new album Indo Asian News Service 19 April 2008 [41] New Lily Guardian Unlimited 18 April 2008 [42] Lily Allen Leaks Her Own Songs on the Internet People 18 April 2008 [43] Lily Allen Talks Men & Music MTV.UK 13 January 2009 [44] ^ Lily Allen: "I’m not the show-off you think" The Observer Music Monthly 7 December 2008 [45] Artist Chart History - Lily Allen Billboard [46] Lily Allen Confused Over New Album Delay Billboard 19 August 2008 [47] Allen Attacks EMI’s Owners Terra Firma Contactmusic 8 January 2009 [48] ^ European Top Albums Reuters 26 February, 2009 [49] ^ Lily Allen announces US release of second album NME 29 October 2008 [50] Lily Allen debuts at No. 1 JAM!Showbiz 18 February, 2009 [51] Springsteen Rules Over Europe contactmusic 19 February, 2009 [52] ^ Lily Allen says poster girl tag is Not Me Sydney Morning Herald 4 March, 2009 [53] Lily Allen, Springsteen Retain U.K. Chart Peaks Billboard 9 February, 2009 [54] Eurochart Hot 100 Singles Reuters 26 February, 2009 [55] Mobile Downloads Chart, based on sales of full-track downloads to mobile phones in the UK Music Ally 25 February, 2009 [56] Lily Allen Brings The Fear New York Press 9 December 2008 [57] Lily Allen’s Frosted Trailer Park Dreams Idolater [58] ^ Lily Allen Announces Live Show MTV.UK [59] Listen to Lily Allen’s new single Digital Spy 2 December 2008 [60] Lady Gaga Tops UK Singles Chart For Second Week Billboard 30 March, 2009
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[61] Lady GaGa, Tinchy Stryder Top U.K. Charts April, 2009 [62] Aussie rockers debuts in top 10 The West Australian 18 May, 2009 [63] Lily Allen goes country Digital Spy 22 March, 2009 [64] ^ Girl Gone Wild Lily Allen, Reflects, Owns up and Moves On Papermag Magazine 20 August 2008 [65] ^ Lily Allen Will Rock ’You’ In February Billboard 29 October 2008 [66] AllMusic biography [67] Lily Allen previews New track online NME 23 October [68] Lily Allen - Allen’s new drug song conractmusic.com 24 October 2008 [69] EMI looks to the Dark Side to grow games presence The Telegraph 7 May, 2009 [70] Lily Allen promotes new album with casual game 18 December, 2008 [71] Lily Allen Online Game Passes Two Million Plays As Single & Album Top the Music Charts Newswire Today 18 February, 2009 [72] Feeding time at the studio The Guardian 27 February, 2009 [73] New Recordings Philadelphia Inquirer 27 April, 2008 [74] The guide to the week’s concerts Indy Week 1 October 2008 [75] Lily Allen completes second album BBC Newsbeat 30 June 2008 [76] Kaiser Chiefs UK Tour 2008 ilikemusic.com [77] Off With Their Heads NME review 10 October 2008 [78] Oasis Scores Seventh Straight U.K. No. 1 Billboard [79] Kaiser Chiefs name Mark Ronson produced new album NME 5 August, 2008 [80] Killers, Keane, Kaisers, Kings Getting Ready to Rock; Be Warned Bloomberg 14 October 2008 [81] Lily Allen writes song for BAFTA-winning Shockwaves NME Awards host NME 22 April 2008 [82] Albums Glasgow Daily Record 25 July, 2008 [83] Glen Tilbrook Interview Nottingham Evening Post 24 October 2008 [84] EastVillageRadio 12.12.08 playlist [85] Lily Allen Does Her Bit to Make ’Womanizer’ the Most Inescapable Track of ’08 Does.ca 15 December 2008
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• Lily Allen at the Internet Movie Database
External links
• Official website
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